Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:			Thuret, 1875 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002, nom. prok., nom. praeocc., nom. rej.
Unavailable original name	:			Thuret, 1875.
Original name, rank & spelling	:			Cavalier-Smith, T. 2002a. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52: tbl. 1 (p. 11: "(ex Thuret 1875) classis nov.").
Original use as a prokaryotic name	:			op. cit.: tbl. 1 (p. 11). [implicit]
Description/Diagnosis in English	:			op. cit.: tbl. 1 (p. 11: "Description").

Etymology

Greek hormos, cord.	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 11).
Greek gonos, offspring.	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 11). ("hormogonia, because they multiply by hormogonia")

Attributes

Prokaryotic name (: nom. prok.) [ICNB/ICNP]				Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52: tbl. 1 (p. 11). [new] [implicit]
Validly published name under the ICNP [ICNP, 2022: App. 7 (IJSEM)]				Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [30 Nov 2025].
Illegitimate name (nom. illeg.) [IC[B]N]				Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 1997-present: 14 May 2009.
Later homonym (nom. illeg.[: praeocc.]) [ICNP, 2022: Rule 51b(5) (>2000: ICNP/ICZN/ICN)]				Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [30 Nov 2025]. [ICN: algae].
Rejected name (nom. rej.) [ICNP, 2019: Rule 56a]				Ref: G.M. Garrity et al. 2011. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 61: 2779 [Minute 22(1)(iii)]. [new] [implicit]
Rejected name (nom. rej.) [ICNP, 2019: Rule 56a]				Ref: B.J. Tindall, 2014. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 64 (10): 3599. [new]

Types

Type, by original designation

:

Nostocales (Order) Cavalier-Smith 2002 nom. illeg., nom. rej.

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 11). [new]

Variants

Name in original code of nomenclature

:

Hormogoneae (Class) Thuret (1875)

Synonyms

Accepted name

:

Nostocophycideae (Subclass) Hoffmann, Komárek & Kaštovský (2005), nom. inval., orth. inval.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name

:

filamentous cyanobacteria